Kitchen utensil



May 26, 1931. J', SERVAAS 1,806,828

KITCHEN UTENSIL Filed June 19. 1929 (g1/wanton A /v Sify/4,46

mgfzywmw i Patented May 26, 1931 1 9 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application led June 19, 1929. Serial No. 372,184.

This invention relates to combination gated nature and is shaped to provide the kitchen utensils and inparticular to one in side portions 6 which terminate at a point Awhich is incorporated a jar cover opener, a adjacent the forward end of the handle at cork screw, an ice pick and can opener. which point the bottom 7 of the handle is A particular object of my invention is to slightly reduced in thickness to form a han- 55 provide a household utensil in which are emdie extension 8. To the extreme outer end ployed clamping jaws for the removal of a of the handle 8, there is pivoted the jaw 9, the jar or bottle top, the jaws being adjustable inner edge of which is provided with the toward and away from each other in order small serrations 10 and the large teeth 11 l0 that jar caps of various sizes may be operated which are arranged to contact with and hold 60 upon. y the lid or cover of a jar indicated in outline I am aware that bottle openers of one form and by the numeral 12. When said jar cover or another have been conceived but the use of is to be unscrewed or threaded on to a recepan internally serrated arm in combination taole, this jaw 9 is pivoted as at 13 to a conwith an adjustable arm to tit various sizes of necting link 14, the link, in turn, being piv- 65 caps so that the bottle opener will be univeroted as at 15 to the extreme outer end of an sal in its operation, I believe to be novel. adjustable clamp arm 16. This clamp arm A still further object of my invention is to is vprovided with a central, longitudinally provide a number of tools in connection with extending slot through which passes the the handle of the jar cap remover which are shank of an adjusting screw 18. This screw 70 normally out of the way but which may be is arranged to receive the nut 19 which seinstantly placed in position Jfor use and furcures the adjustable clamp arm 16 in any adther, to provide a kitchen utensil which emjusted position against the handle extension bodies all ofthe ordinary kitchen tools so that 8. The inner edge of the adjustable clamp the time of the houswife is saved and the arm 16 is also provided with teeth 2() which 75 tools are all embodied in a single implement. are arranged to engage the periphery of a With the foregoing and other objects in jar or bottle cover to be operated upon. The view, which will appear as the description sides 6 of the handle 5 in addition to impartproceeds, the invention resides in the combiing strength and rigidity tothe handle, also nation and arrangement of parts and in the serve as journals for the ends of the cross details of construction hereinafter described bars 21 and 22, the former of which is shaped and claimed, it being understood that changes to provide the cross screw 23 while the 1atin the precise embodiment of the invention ter is'extended and sharpened to provide an herein disclosed may be made within the scope ice pick 24.

5 of what is claimed without departing from The bottom of the handle 7 is provided 85 the spirit of the invention. with suitable openings 25 which are each In the accompanying drawings: l positioned beneath the cork screw and ice Figure 1 is a top plan view of a kitchen pick respectively so that the linger may be utensil constructed in accordance with my passed through these openings to move either invention, the same illustrating the position of these implements referred to to their Workof the cork screw, ice pick and can opener. ing position. The end of the handle has pass- Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the ingl therethrough the shank 26, whose u per utensil illustrated in Figure 1. end is arranged to provide the hook 27 w 'eh 4 Figure 3 is a'bottom plan view of a kitchen constitutes a bottle cap remover, the lower 5 utensil similar to the one illustrated in Figend of the shank below the bottom 7 of the 95 ure 1 showing the adjustable nature of one handle 5 constituting the can opener 28 whose of the clamp arms whereby a jar cap of piercing point 29 and cutting edge 30 are smaller diameter may be electively removed. operable 1n the usual manner to cut the top 50 Referrin to the drawings in detail, 5 inout of a tin can.

dcates a c annel handle which is of elon- It is quite evident from inspection of F1g- 100 ure 3 that when the arm 16 is permitted to move by reason of the loosening of the nut 19, a smaller size cover 31 may be engaged by the teeth 2O and serrations 11. It will be 5 noted that the movement of the adjustable arm 16 is accommodated through the medium of the link 14 whichpermits the adjustable clamp arm 16 to move toward the jaw 9 in order to accommodate various sizes of jar covers which are to be removed or replaced. It is evident, therefore, that I have pro# vided a combination kitchen utensil having a jar cover removing end which is adjustable to accommodate itself to jar covers of various sizes and one which can be readily manipu lated to lit and be adjusted to the proper size.

It is also evident that I have provided a combination kitchen utensil in which is in- 20 corporated a cork screw, ice pick, can opener and bottle cap remover, all of the implements being congregated for quick usage and effective operation.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

, What I claim is A utensil of the character referred to comprising a channeled handle having an extended unchanneled portion, a jaw pivoted to said extended portion, relatively large and small serrations on one edge of said jaw, a

slotted adjustable clamp arm having a plurality of spaced apart tongues constituting teeth on one edge thereof, a relatively short link connecting one end ofthe clamp arm and one end ofthe jaw, and an adjusting screw in the extension passing through said slot for ,securing the clam-p arm in any .adjusted position. l

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, this 29th day of May, 1929.

JAN SERVAAS. [L. s] 

